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Fulham 1-1 Liverpool (0-1 HT) 2-3 on Aggregate @ Craven Cottage . League Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg. 8pm. The visitors ahead at the break but Fulham levelled 15 mins from time. Liverpool held on though to reach the final against Chelsea again at Wembley next month. Crowd 24,320.

Heart of Midlothian 3-2 Dundee (0-2 HT) @ Tynecastle Park . 7.45pm. cinch SPFL Premiership. The visitors shocked the hosts with 2 well taken 1st half goals. Hearts fought back though and even saw a penalty saved at 1-2 before Oda won it in the 86th minute. Crowd 18,185.

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AFC Bournemouth 0-4 Liverpool (0-0 HT) @ Vitality Stadium . Premier League. 4.30pm. A goalless 1st half but 2 goals apiece from Darwin Nunez ️️ and Diogo Jota ️️ sealed 3 big points for the leaders on the road. Jurgen Klopp’s Reds move 5 points clear. Crowd 11,228.

Bonnyrigg Rose 2-1 Falkirk (1-1 HT) @ New Dundas Park . Scottish Cup R4. Brilliant cup tie which passed a morning pitch inspection. The home side ahead early on but the 26 game unbeaten visitors levelled. With ET looming Rose won it in 90th minute. Scenes . Crowd 1801.

Spartans 1-2 Heart of Midlothian (0-1 HT) @ Ainslie Park Stadium . Scottish Cup R4. 12:15pm. Hearts ahead early on but Spartans stunned them with a brilliant James Craigen equaliser before a stoppage time winner. Sell out crowd of 3500 brilliantly hosted by Spartans .

Rangers 2-2 FC Copenhagen (1-0 HT) @ Ibrox Stadium . 8pm. The home side twice ahead but the visitors levelled twice both times heading ️ in from corners at the near post. Decent game for a friendly. Crowd of around 20,000.

Vale of Leithen 1-6 Newtongrange Star (0-2 HT) @ Victoria Park . 2.30pm. Bottom Top in the EOSFL 1st Division and some clinical finishing saw the Star ️ run out convincing winners. Vale had their chances but could only manage a consolation at 0-4. Crowd 101.

Hutchison Vale 1-2 Broxburn Athletic (0-1 HT) @ Ainslie Park Stadium . 7.45pm. Brilliant game at the top of the EOSFL Premier Division. The visitors 2-0 up from the spot and long range but the home side fought back and just couldn’t find an equaliser. Crowd 336.

Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool (0-0 HT) @ Emirates Stadium 🏟. FA Cup Round 3. 4.30pm. The home side well on top in the 1st half but don’t take their chances. Jurgen Klopp changed it at the break and Liverpool won it with 2 late strikes. Crowd 58,538.

Falkirk 1-0 Queen of the South (0-0 HT) @ Falkirk Stadium . cinch League One. 3pm. The Doonhamers frustrated the league leaders for 45 minutes but conceded ️ just after the restart and never threatened an equaliser. The home side now unbeaten in 24 games . Crowd 4769.

Heart of Midlothian B 12-0 Edinburgh University (7-0 HT) @ Ainslie Park Stadium . Friday night Lowland League action ️. 7.45pm. The impressive young Hearts ran out huge winners and even saw a penalty saved just before half time. Crowd 225.

Hibernian 2-2 Motherwell (1-1 HT) @ Easter Road Stadium . cinch SPFL Premiership. 02.01.24. 3pm. Hibs well on top for half an hour but the visitors levelled and looked to have won it before an injury time equaliser ️ for Hibs. Crowd 16,796.

Heart of Midlothian 2-2 Ross County (0-1 HT) @ Tynecastle Park . 3pm. With the weather wiping out the local non league card stayed local. A good game with County impressive (Yan Dhanda ) and led 2-0 until a late comeback from Hearts earned them a point. Crowd 18,288.

Hibernian 0-1 Heart of Midlothian (0-0 HT) @ Easter Road Stadium . 27.12.23. 8pm. Both sides missed penalties following handballs inside the first 15 minutes and it was a tight one until Lawrence Shankland won it in added time. Scenes in the away end . Crowd 20,150.

Burnley 0-2 Liverpool (0-1 HT) @ Turf Moor . Premier League. Boxing Day 5.30pm. Nunez with a brilliant opener as Liverpool dominated for an hour but after 2 VAR disallowed goals made hard work of it until Jota sealed it in injury time. Crowd 21,624.

Padiham 5-1 Ramsbottom United (3-0 HT) @ The Ruby Civil Arena . North West Counties League, Premier Division. Boxing Day 3pm. The home side opened the scoring after 12 minutes and never looked back to move clear of the visitors and up the table. Crowd 337.

Unfortunately it will still sell out instantly. Your best bet is to ask around and find someone who qualifies for a couple of tickets and isn’t going. You could buy yourself and son a membership but you’d need to be on it to pick up tickets in the all members sake. Hospitality is an option but not cheap. I’d help but afraid I’ve got a list as long as my arm of people who take my spares.

To be fair to them there’s little to get excited about in Middlesbrough. Hope I’m wrong but expect Chelsea as bad as they are to comfortably turn it round in 2 weeks. All to play for in the other semi too. Liverpool struggled for a long time but ended up being a bit frustrated it wasn’t 3/4-1 and all but in the final.

Helped by removing a round of fixtures over Christmas and a break after for Premier League clubs.

Was excellent on loan at Bolton last season but an injury in pre-season has hampered his progress. Did well in his 15 minutes or so. Good day out yesterday - fair play to Arsenal only £11 for kids.

You are just forgetting what things were like pre Jurgen Klopp. Take us back to Nabil El Zhar as first sub under Rafa. It was only 18 months ago that Liverpool were 2 games away from winning all 4 competitions. Jota, Gakpo, Gravenberch and Mac Allister not bad subs last night.

Final is Sunday 18th February. Venue and kick-off time TBC. Bo’ness Athletic v Heriot-Watt University

Thought he was excellent yesterday.